RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Slayton, “Donald K. Slayton,” payable to Marjory Slayton for $1744.23, December 12, 1984. In fine c

Color limited edition 22 x 34 print for the 10th Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers in Moscow in 1994, #98/127, signed in silver

Air Force office and flight surgeon (1910–1999) known as ‘the fastest man alive,’ he was a pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceler

Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the shuttle in orbit, its robot arm positioned in the shape of the number seven (specifically for this photo op),

NASA astronaut (1931–1982) who, as a last-minute replacement for Ken Mattingly (who had been exposed to German measles) was one of three crew members

American astronomer (1906–1997) best known for discovering Pluto in 1930. Ballpoint signature, “Clyde W. Tombaugh, Discovered 9th planet, Pluto, on 18

Original acrylic painting by Ray Waddey, canvas stretched over a wooden frame, 24 x 20, depicting the Glamorous Glen II and the Old Crow flying in for

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Yeager talking to Jimmy Stewart and another dignitary, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

American aviator (1895–1970) who set the east-to-west transcontinental speed record in 1930. Vintage sepia matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Turner posing

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 24, 1928. Letter to Gordon Dorrance, president of Dorrance and Company. In full: “I have your l

Felt tip signature, “Chuck Yeager,” on a painted 8.25 x 2 card. Card is affixed to an original Raymond Waddey acrylic painting of Yeager piloting his

Signed book: The Pageant of History in Northern California. San Francisco: American Trust Company, 1954. Spiralbound softcover, 11 x 14. Signed on the

Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Special edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dustjacket, 15.5 x 12.5. Signed

American poet (1842–1918). ALS signed “Chas Follen Adams,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Burton Stock Car Co. letterhead, April 26, 1892. Letter to Claribel

Signed book: Addams and Evil. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1947. Hardcover with dustjacket, 8 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed on the firs...

Writer (1909–1981) best known for his book, The Man With the Golden Arm. TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, October 16. Letter to a woman. In part: “I doubt th

Ink signatures of 16 authors on individual cards and slips, each affixed to a separate 6.25 x 4 album page. Signers are: Katharine Lee Bates, Henry Va

Hardcover birthday date book, 6 x 7, published in 1977 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, signed inside in ink and felt tip by 52 celebrities, all sig

ALS, three pages of two sheets, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, September 24, 1972. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I've been so busy all summer pai...

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, of the first page of Chapter One of Jaws, beginning “The great fish moved silently through the night water, p